The Council of Ministers today approved, on the proposal of the Ministry of Equality, the distribution of 1,776,790.25 euros to Melilla for the promotion of family conciliation through the Co-responsible Plan, which has a total allocation for the whole of Spain of 190 million euros in the General State Budgets for 2023. This territorial distribution will be submitted to the Sectoral Conference on Equality for final approval.
The Co-responsible Plan was launched in 2021 with the autonomous communities and Ceuta and Melilla to create a public care network and develop actions and benefits aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of families with children up to 16 years old. This plan facilitates the creation of quality employment in the care sector, as well as dignifying and certifying the professional experience of non-formal care.
Five Axes of Action to Ensure Care as a Right
The Co-responsible Plan, promoted by the Ministry of Equality, aims to guarantee care as a right in Spain from the perspective of equality between women and men, under article 44 of Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, for the effective equality of women and men and from an approach of guaranteeing universal rights, regardless of the employment status of the beneficiaries.
The objective of this plan is the development, through the autonomous bodies competent in matters of equality, of actions and benefits aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of families with children up to 16 years of age, through the creation of professional care bags, the creation of quality employment in the care sector, the elaboration of training plans in co-responsibility and care for men and, when the State regulatory development allows it, the implementation of a system of accreditation of professional competences acquired through professional experience or non-formal channels.
To this end, the autonomous communities and cities develop the Co-responsible Plan through five axes of action:
1. Facilitate the reconciliation of families with daughters and sons under 16 years of age by creating professional care bags.
2. Create quality employment in the care sector for girls and boys.
3. Dignify the care work by certifying the informal experience, as well as by establishing psychosocial care and support for caregivers.
4. Raise awareness of the co-responsibility of women and men.
5. Develop a State Map of Care that facilitates access to the information on care available in the General Administration of the State and in the different Autonomous Communities, as well as the configuration of a bank of good practices that facilitates the orientation of public policy and the exchange of experiences.